South America
Chile
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Chile's #3 import source (world lens). Chile is the EU's #63 goods supplier.
Chile on the world stage
Total imports
$84.2bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$98.9bn
179 partners
#1 import source
China
25.1%
#1 export dest.
China
37.8%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Chile and the EU
EU imports from
€9.4bn
0.4% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€11.4bn
0.4% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #63 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.21
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
110
EUR/MWh
Consumer
246
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
266
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
58%
of generation
Wholesale 24 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Wholesale market (spot + contract)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Comision Nacional de Energia (CNE, policy); Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles (SEC, oversight)
World-class solar resource in the Atacama and strong wind in the south, but severe north-south transmission bottlenecks cause record curtailment of renewables, while the legacy coal fleet (17% of generation) is being…
Tracked infrastructure
18 gas plants
4.7 GW
17 coal plants
3.8 GW
48 wind farms
3.9 GW · 11 building
83 solar farms
9.3 GW · 11 building
21 hydro plants
5.6 GW · 5 building
1 steel plants
1,450 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
380
48 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
272
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Copper, Gold, Iron
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
DGA CKAN ambient + RETC water emissions, CC-BY
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (8)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
36.4
→ 48.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.14
below replacement
Working-age
68.9%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
20.5
→ 43.1 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 19.8M · peaks 2041
By 2050: +3% (20.3M)